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PETER NOVESKY, CF ADRIAN, MICHIGAN.

WIRE FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 578,654, dated March 9, 1897. Appucauon med March 21,1895. sentira. 542,645. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER N ovEsKY, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing` at the city of Adrian, in the county of Lenawee and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire Fences 5 and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention consists in the novel features of construction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate one form in which I have contemplated embodying myinvention, and said in- Vention is fully disclosed in the following description and claim. i

Referrin gto the said drawings, Figure l represents a side elevation of a panel of fence constructed according to and embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a section on line 2 2 of Fig. l, looking to the right. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are detail perspective views illustrating the manner of securing the vertical staywires to the horizontal fence.

In the drawings, A represents the post at one end of a section of fence, and A represents the next adjacent post.

B B represent the horizontal fence-wires, of which there may be any desired number. Instead of securing the ends of these wires B B directly to the post A, I secure them to a Vertical bar A2, preferably of iron, which is secured to the post A adjnstably by means of hook-bolts ot a a, having hook portions for engaging said bar and screw-threaded portions extending through apertures in the post and provided with adjusting-nuts a/ on the side of the post opposite said hook portions.

The wires B B are secured to the post A and other intermediate posts in any desired way, or, as shown, by means of staples c2.

Between each two posts I provide the wires B B with one, two, or more vertical stay-wires C, three being shown in the drawings. `These wires C are of alength slightly greater than the distance from the top wire to the bottom one, and the ends of the stay-wire C are bent around the upper and lower wire, forming the loops c c, as shown in the drawings, Fig. 2. Each of these stay-wires is locked to the wires B B of the fence by an additional locking-wire D, which extends from the top of the fence to the bottom and secures the staywire C to every one of the wires B B.

In order to make the joints or places of contact between the wires B B and stay-wire C as rigid as possible, the locking-wire Dis first given several coils about the top wire B on one side of the loop c of the stay-wire C, as shown at d, Figs. 1 and 4., which securely locks it to the wire B. It is then passed over Pthe loop c of the stay-wire and carried down on the opposite side of the wire B, as shown atd in Fig. 4, or it may be passed under or through the loop c and coiled once over the wire B on the other side of the stay-wire, as shown at cl2 in Fig. 5. In either case the locking-wire D has a bearing on the fencewire B on each side of the loop c. The locking-wire is then carried down to the second wire B of the fence and is passed under the wire B on one side of the stay C, as shown at d3, Fig. 3, thence around the wire B to the other side' of the stay C, as at d4, then around the stay C, as shown at d5, thence up and around the wire B, as shown at d, and thence down to the next wire B, where the same tie is made.

It will thus be seen by reference to Fig. 3 that the locking-wire D has a bearing on the wire B at each side of the stay-wire besides passing around said stay-wire, and it will also be seen that the lockingwire first passes around the wire B in one direction at d3, and then after passing around the stay-wire it passes around the wire B in the opposite direction, as at d6. By this means the lockingwire is enabled to exert a great binding or clamping effect both on the stay C and fencewire B, and the result is that it is not possible to 'move the stay-wire with respect to the fence-wire nor the fence-wire with respect to the stay. The portion 0f the locking-wire D extending from one wire B to the other also tends to stiften the construction and increase the rigidity of the fence. The locking-wire will be used at each intersection of the staywire and -fencewires, as shown in Fig. l, and will finally be secured to the bottom wire in the same manner as to the top wire, as shown in either Figs. 4 or 5. It will be readily seen that by placing these stay-wires at proper in- IOO tervals and locking them to the fence-wires, as before described, a fence is formed which has a very grea-t amount of strength and rigidity. I prefer to employ a locking-wire D which is slightly smaller in diameter than the fence or stay wires, but this is not essential if the locking-wire is of such diameter that it will work properly.

It frequently happens that in Very cold weather the longitudinal wires of a fence will contract so much as to endanger the stability of the en d posts and it is desirable to loosen the wires-to relieve the posts of undue strain. In my improved fence it is only necessary toA loosen the adjusting-nuts a' ct' (see Fig. l) and the hooks a will move through their` apertures, loosen the bars A2, and allow the wires sufficient slack. In hot weather when the wires expand greatly the nuts can be screwed up, thus drawing the bars A2 nearer the fence-post A and tightening the wires. By attaching the wires to the bar A2 and connecting said bar to the post by adjusting devices a less number of adjusting devices need be used than there are wires in the fence. Two will ordinarily be sufficient, although three are shown in the drawings for greater strength. i

What I claim., and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a Wire fence, the combination with a series of horizontal fence-Wires, of a series of Vertical stay-wires secured at their.ends to the top and bottom fence-Wires by being turned about the same to form retainingloops, and a locking-wire for each stay-wire,

. the said locking-wire being first coiled around vthe top fence-wire on one side of the stay- PETER NOVESKY.

Witnesses:

Gmo. NoVEsKEY, R. B. RoBBiNs. 

